Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Major Bupleurum Decoction

Daesiho-tang

한글 대시호탕 · Pinyin Da Chai Hu Tang

大柴胡湯

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

12 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

8 g
Deputy 臣
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

8 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Assistant 佐
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

3 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 49 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Harmonizes the Shaoyang while draining Yangming interior heat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Combined Shaoyang-Yangming syndrome
Alternating chills and fever with constipation
Fullness and pain of the epigastrium and hypochondrium with irritability

Biomedical correlates

Gallbladder and biliary disorders
Reflux and constipation in robust patients
Metabolic syndrome with hypochondriac tension

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sosiho-tang with the tonics removed and the downward gate opened — Insam and Gamcho out, Daehwang and Jisil in. For the solid, tense, constipated patient; the constitutional opposite of the Sosiho candidate. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.